The Nashville Fire Department says electrical wiring failure is to blame for a two-alarm fire at a Madison apartment complex that displaced more than three dozen residents amid below-freezing conditions Tuesday morning.

The fire broke out at 601 North Dupont Ave. near Madison Park just after 5 a.m., fire spokesman Joseph Pleasant said.

Everyone escaped the fire, but a dog in one of the apartments was trapped and died, Pleasant said. One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries suffered in the blaze.

Crews had the fire out about 6:30 a.m. when temperatures registered in the high 20s.

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Rhonda Petty implores firefighters to search for her Jack Russell Terrier that was in her apartment when the fire broke out.
The Nashville Fire Department says electrical wiring failure is to blame for a two-alarm fire at a Madison apartment complex that displaced more than three dozen residents amid below-freezing conditions Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at 601 North Dupont Ave. near Madison Park just after 5 a.m., fire spokesman Joseph Pleasant said.
Tuesday Jan. 30, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn
(Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean)

Twelve of the 28 units in the complex were damaged and four were destroyed, fire officials said.

Pleasant said the cause of the fire is electrical in nature. When the builders constructed the building in 1976 it met the codes of that time, he said. When the building is rebuilt, it will have to meet current code requirements, he added.

Pleasant said displaced residents are at the nearby Madison Church of Christ on Gallatin Pike meeting with Red Cross officials for housing assistance.

Midmorning Tuesday, the Red Cross tweeted it was responding to meet the victims' other immediate needs, including food.

More than 36 residents are at the church's shelter, the nonprofit tweeted.

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A large fire destroyed four units and damaged 12 others early Tuesday morning, Jan. 30, 2018, at an apartment complex on North Dupont Avenue in Madison.(Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean)